At Afsnis in Ghent, where its colleagues Janis Hoplin and Jonn Lemmon are on the menu as well; commissioned porter made at a Serbian craft brewery I hadn’t heard of so far. Thick and dense, creamy, pale beige head, blackish robe with translucent chestnut brown edges. Aroma of hazelnut shells, ’natural’ but undeniable iron, bitter chocolate, mocha, dry black tea, coffee grounds, dried fig, straw, dates. Subdued, ’clean’ dark fruitiness in the mouth, hint of fig, medium carbo, smooth but somewhat thinnish mouthfeel; caramelly and notably nutty malt core quickly developing a toasted bittering edge, slight metallic presence but feeling ’natural’, vague sourish undercurrent, tea-ish herbal hop bitterishness in the finish along with ongoing, toffeeish and somewhat chocolatey malt sweetness, juicy, with a subtle coffeeish roasted bitter touch. Nice and perfectly balanced, but lacking a bit in depth and body even for an ordinary brown porter.

Sampled from bottle @ Danish Ratebeer Gathering Ulfborg 2016, Day 1. Clear dark red to dark amber color, average to medium sized beige to light brown head. Smell and taste malts, lightly toasted malts, some caramel I guess. DOn’t really get that many flavors to be honest. Not bad, but coffee and chocolate flavors flying through the air? Hmm...no.

Bottled at TNOD(U)RBSG2016. Cloudy mahogany colour, mid sized head. Caramelly nose with some red berries. Mid sweet with medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Fruity caramel, some hazelnuts. Light saccharine burn in a mid bitter finish.

Sampled @ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2016, Friday, Day 1 33cl bottle. Pours hazy orange brown colour with a mid-sized most good lasting beige head. Aroma of sweet and dark malt, some chocolate. taste of strong dark malt, some chocolate and caramel, red fruits.

Bottle, 6.5%. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, hop and dusty. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, medium sweet, warming, dusty, little liquorice, hop and a little bitter.

Vollmundiger, süß röstiger Antrunk. Intensive Noten von Kaffee und Schokolade, zunehmende Bitterkeit. Weich, harmonisch. Kurzer Nachgeschmack. Gut. 11/10/11/11/11/11

Bottle @ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering, fonefan. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are caramel, coffee, chocolate, roast malt and hops. Sweet finish.

Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Hazy brown with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and chocolate. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and roasted moderate bitter finish. 190816

Bottle at home, 23rd April 16. Black, translucent. Aroma is cocoa, malt. Taste is cocoa, slight liquorice, leather. Nice porter

Solidan porter, ali malo ima preslabo tijelo. Previše prazna piva za ovaj stil. Međutim, vrijedi ga probati. Ugodno i vrlo pitko.